A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and reconnected during our evolutionary history.

The remains have helped to fill in gaps in the fossil record and move science closer to understanding human evolution in ...

Archaeologists have discovered fossilized facial bones of an ancient human race which lived roughly 1.4 million years ago, ...

The research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for ...

Meet 'Pink', the new face of human evolution in Europe Western Europe has a new oldest face: the facial bones of an adult nicknamed "Pink" discovered in Spain are from a potential new member of the ...

The discovery of 1.5-million-year-old bone tools in Tanzania suggests early human ancestors had advanced cognitive abilities ...

Three former Environmental Protection Agency leaders say rollbacks proposed by the Trump administration endanger the lives of ...

Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient ...

A groundbreaking discovery in the Sima del Elefante cave, located in the Atapuerca mountains of Spain, is changing what we ...

Scientists have unearthed facial bones that may belong to a previously unknown human species. The bones, nicknamed "Pink," ...

The discovery is particularly important as it places the arrival of the first populations in Europe before the 'Homo ...

The bone remains, including parts of the left cheek and upper jaw, belong to an extinct human species that lived between 1.1 ...